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  • State ex rel. Johnson v. Turner

    207 Tenn. 93 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 9, 1960

    State ex rel Hourigan v. Robinson, 195 Tenn. 101 , 257 S.W.2d 9 . … State ex rel Brown v.

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  • Perry v. City of Elizabethton

    160 Tenn. 102 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 21, 1929

    In Miller v. … In Reams v.

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • State Ex Rel. Millers Nat. Ins. v. Fumbanks

    177 Tenn. 455 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 24, 1941

    Smith v. Groce, 158 Tenn., 255 , 12 S. W. (2d), 715 . In Smith et al. v. … See also Demoville v. Davidson County, 87 Tenn., 214 , 10 S. W., 353 ; Quinn v. Hester, 135 Tenn., 373 , 86 S. W., 459 ; Hill v. Roberts, 142 Tenn., 215 , 217 S. W. 826 .

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  • LaFont v. Robinson

    204 Tenn. 1 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 6, 1958

    LaFont’s petition was presented this Court in Independent Life Insurance Co. v. Hunter, 166 Tenn. 498, 506 , 63 S.W.2d 668, 671 . … See also Rose v. Brown, 176 Tenn. 429 , 143 S.W.2d 303 , and Barretville Bank & Trust Co. v. Bolton, 182 Tenn. 364, 377 , 187 S.W.2d 306 .

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  • Bedford County Hospital v. Browning

    189 Tenn. 227 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 17, 1949

    In Malone v. Peay, 159 Tenn. 321 , 17 S. … The language quoted above in Malone v.

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  • Allen v. Dayton Hotel Co.

    95 Tenn. 480 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 1, 1895

    Dispatch Line v. Bellamy Mfg. Co., 37 Am. Dec., 20 ; Edgerly v. Emerson, 55 Am. Dec., 216 ; Sargent v. Webster, 13 Metcalf (Mass.), 497 (S. C., 46 Am. Dec., 746 ). Says Mr. … Blackwell on Tax Titles, 399, 400; Brien v. Marsh, 1 Tenn. Ch., 630; Watson v. Ryan, 3 Tenn. Ch., 46; *490 Boyd v. Allen, 15 Lea, 91 .

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  • State v. Buck

    138 Tenn. 112 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1917

    Prescott v. Duncan, 126 Tenn. (18 Cates), 106, 148 S. W., 229 . By the eighth section of the act (Priv. … Acts 1911, chapter 237) under review in that case it was provided : The board of commissioners are authorized to appoint the “following officers, whose terms of office shall be at the will and pleasure of .the board of commissioners

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  • Horne v. Cox

    551 S.W.2d 690 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 31, 1977

    In Mahavongsanan v. … Alabama State Board of Education, 5 Cir. 1961, 294 F.2d 150 , cert. denied 1961, 368 U.S. 930 , 82 S.Ct. 368 , 7 L.Ed.2d 193 .

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  • Alsup v. Murfreesboro Bread & Ice Cream Co.

    165 Tenn. 591 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 11, 1933

    Kenny v. Railroad Co., 152 N. Y. S., 117. That helps but little. … These facts bring the case within the reasoning and the rule as applied in Southern Surety Co. v. Childers, 25 A. L. R., 373. See also Skouitchi v. Chic Cloak & Suit Co., 15 A. L. R., 1288, Anno., and Linnane v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Jordan v. Knox County

    213 S.W.3d 751 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 12, 2007

    . § 49-2-201(a)(1) (Supp. 2006) (“The members of the board shall be elected for a term of four (4) years and may succeed themselves.”); Knox County Educ. Ass’n v. Knox County Bd. of Educ., 60 S.W.3d 65, 79 (Tenn. Ct. … The statute trumps the charter amendment as to members of the school board. See Family Golf of Nashville, Inc. v. Metro. Gov’t of Nashville, 964 S.W.2d 254, 258 (Tenn. Ct.

    Cited 55 timesPublished
  • Soukup v. Sell

    171 Tenn. 437 · Tennessee Supreme Court · May 5, 1937

    Ballentine v. Pulaski, 15 Lea (83 Tenn.), 633; Kee v. Parks, 153 Tenn., 306 , 283 S. W., 751 ; McCord v. Marshall County, 152 Tenn., 675 , 280 S. W., 692 . … Muse v. Lexington, 110 Tenn., *443 655, 665, 76 S. W., 481 ; Dillon on Municipal Corporations, section 129; 19 R. C. L., p. 1026. The ordinance involved followed negotiations with. W. N.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • City of Lenoir City v. State ex rel. City of Loudon

    571 S.W.2d 297 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 2, 1978

    After annexation, Loudon, pursuant to T.C.A., § 6-318, notified Lenoir City and its Utilities Board that it desired to purchase all utility functions and facilities in the area. … Hall Contracting Corp. v. Tidwell, Tenn., 507 S.W.2d 697 (1974); Partee v. Memphis Concrete Pipe Co., 155 Tenn. 441 , 295 S.W. 68 (1927).

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • Chadwick v. Beer Committee

    213 Tenn. 592 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 5, 1964

    In Shelton v. … Putnam County Beer Board v. Speck, 184 Tenn. 616, 621 , 201 S.W.2d 991 .” In City of Memphis v.

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  • Tennie Martin, et.al. v. Southern Railway Company, et.al. - Concurring

    Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 14, 2008

    Fruge v. Doe, 952 S.W.2d 408, 410 (Tenn. 1997). A motion for summary judgment should never be granted when genuine issues as to any material fact exist. Doe 1 ex rel. Doe 1 v. … Brown v. Birman Managed Care, Inc., 42 S.W.3d 62, 66 (Tenn. 2001); Mason v. Seaton, 942 S.W.2d 470, 473 (Tenn. 1997). Tenn.

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  • Heaton v. State

    130 Tenn. 163 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1914

    “Heaton’s office was also his sleeping apartment, and it was one room of a boarding house belonging to Heaton, where certain parties engaged about the mill boarded, but none of the Cutshalls boarded there. … Moorefield v. State, 5 Lea, 348 .

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  • Waddey v. Waddey

    6 S.W.3d 230 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 7, 1999

    .); Park v. Park, 43 Or. App. 367 , 602 P.2d 1123, 1124 (1979) (“[T]he support requirements may be modified so long as the duty to support exists but not thereafter.”); Brown v. … Brown, 8 Wash.App. 528 , 507 P.2d 157, 158 (1973) (“A provision of alimony does not give one a perpetual lien on the future earnings of a former spouse.”); Harshfield v.

    Cited 35 timesPublished
  • Davis v. Beeler

    185 Tenn. 638 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Nov 29, 1947

    See Allopathic State Board of Medical Examiners v. Fowler, supra, [ 50 La. Ann. 1358 , 24 So. 809 ]; Johnson v. State (Tex. Civ. App.), 267 S. W. 1057 ; Singh v. State, 66 Tex. Cr. R. 156 , 146 S. W. 891 ; State v. … In Zahn v. Board of Public Works, 274 U. S. 325, 328 , 47 S. Ct. 504, 595 , 71 L. Ed. 1074, 1076 , the Supreme Court of the United States said: “. . .

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • Ex parte Calhoun

    187 Tenn. 372 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 11, 1948

    Co. v. Johnson, 114 Tenn. 632, 640 , 88 S. W. 169 ; Wood v. Frazier, 86 Tenn. 500, 501 , 8 S. W. 148 ; Jacks v. Williams-Robinson Lumber Co., 125 Tenn. 123 , 140 S. W. 1066 ; Hobbs v. State, 121 Tenn. 413 , 118 S. … Co. v. Brown, 125 Tenn. 351 , 143 S. W. 1129 . All assignments of error aré overruled and the decree of the Chancellor is affirmed. All concur.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • City of Memphis v. Memphis Gayoso Gas Co.

    56 Tenn. 531 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1872

    In the case of Nichol v. Mayor, etc,., of Nashville, 9 Hum., 270 , Judge Turley said: “ Tf a corporation may make the road, may it not join with others to make it? … Co. v. Yandal, 5 Sneed, 296 .

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  • Waddle v. Lucky Strike Oil Co., Inc.

    551 S.W.2d 323 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 18, 1977

    However, the Tennessee Oil and Gas Board “red-tagged” the well before any oil was pumped. … Allen, supra; Guerra v. Chancellor, 103 S.W.2d 775 (Tex.Civ.App.1937); Mountain States Oil Corporation v. Sandoval, supra; Clovis v. Carson Oil & Gas Co., 11 F.Supp. 797 (E.D.Mich.1935); Melancon v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished

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